Rapid rise of Jann Mardenborough shows no signs of slowing down

After winning his PlayStation competition, Mardenborough was back by Nissan and Sony in GT sports cars and a season in British Formula Three, until he was plucked from the crowd by Red Bull to race for Arden, the GP3 team

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After winning his PlayStation competition, Mardenborough was back by Nissan and Sony in GT sports cars and a season in British Formula Three, until he was plucked from the crowd by Red Bull to race for Arden, the GP3 teamPatrick Gosling

Kevin EasonMotor Racing Correspondent

Last updated at 12:01AM, June 30 2014

Lewis Hamilton knows every inch of Silverstone, every bump and every corner of
a track he has dominated in his racing career. Jann Mardenborough has driven
Britain’s most famous track only in a single-seat racing car in his virtual
world.

If Hamilton provides one of the most romantic rags-to-riches stories in motor
racing to the British Grand Prix next weekend, the 22-year-old brings the
most extraordinary. Two years ago, he had never sat in a racing car, never
mind driven in front of 120,000 fans at Britain’s biggest motor racing
event. In the bedroom of his Cardiff home, he spent